Congratulations to Jimmy Blackmon of Clarksville, Tennessee
His Meat-Getting Hackberry "Hammer"
is Self Bow of the Month for September
Here's How Jimmy Made This Bow:The tip overlays are Burmese Red Wood. I coated the bow in Red Mahogany stain then sanded it until the stain was still in the
grain then coated it in a tung oil / Linseed oil mix and finished with Tru-oil. It is a pyramid but once I finished it I increased the
taper at the end of the limbs. I took the nocks down even more this morning so they are thin but note as much as some I've seen.
It was a straight pyramid to begin with and the tips were laid out 1/2" but now the nocks are 3/8" right in the middle. It's 1.5" at the fades. It's 61" nock to nock and pulls 50# @ 27"
Praise for this bow is very deserved:"Congratulations on a beautiful bow." George Tsoukalas
"Fine lookin weapon Ranger! Looks likie it all came together for ya - Got a hackberry to cut down soon, hopefully can do it
justice ." -cowboy
"my first thought after just seeing the full draw pic was"now thats a nice bow",honest just ask my wife she heard me.
i really like the looks and tiller of that one,nice job" -sailordad
"Sweet looking bow Jimmy. I really like the look of a white wood bow." -Justin Snyder[attachment deleted by admin]
